Category: Science

Irritability is a normal response to frustrations, but it can sometimes signal an underlying mental health disorder, like depression or anxiety.

This composite image of the Cassiopeia A (or Cas A) supernova remnant, released Jan. 8, 2024, contains X-rays from Chandra (blue), infrared data from Webb

A brilliant point of light is rising in the eastern sky soon after dark this month, drawing comparisons to the “Star of Bethlehem.”

Tuesday, Dec. 9, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.

There are roughly 2.5 million known species on the planet, but scientists estimate that’s only a fraction of the biodiversity on Earth. A new study

A 2023 astronaut photo shows the moment the Alabama River briefly morphed into an undulating golden serpent, similar in shape to a Chinese dragon. This

Chemists used waste cooking oil to create a sustainable, super-sticky adhesive that’s strong enough to hold up hundreds of pounds of weight.

The Geminid meteor shower peaks this week! The Geminids peak overnight on Dec. 13 and 14, when up to 150 “shooting stars” per hour will

Lamniform sharks such as great whites and tiger sharks are famous for their size. The first such giants evolved 15 million years earlier than thought.

Scientists hunted dark matter and solar neutrinos with one of the largest experiments yet. While the neutrinos likely appeared, dark matter results couldn’t be confirmed.

Monday, Dec. 8, 2025: Your daily feed of the biggest discoveries and breakthroughs making headlines.

In December 1954, Gertrude Elion and colleagues described a new compound they had developed that sent children with leukemia into remission. It would guide a